SEGEI runs a monthly outreach and publishes health- and education-focused blog posts to highlight the value of girls’ education and spread knowledge about puberty and reproductive health. As an empowerment organization, it focuses on giving young people and women the information needed to make their own choices about their health and advance gender equality.
In one project called “Girl Advocates for Gender Equality,” SEGEI partners with an NGO to train 36 adolescent girls across Nigeria via bi-weekly WhatsApp mentorship sessions on topics including:
- Sexual- and gender-based violence.
- Girls’ education and financial literacy.
- Women in leadership.
- Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
The girls use their phones (purchased by the project) to capture pictures and videos of outreach to other girls outside of the program, creating a cascade of learning in their communities.
SEGEI is a recent winner of The Pitch. The associated small grant enables it to produce a 20-episode podcast series that leverages creative oral storytelling to document and share real-life experiences of grassroots FP leaders in Nigeria and the Republic of Niger. It facilitates knowledge exchange and highlighting what works and what doesn’t work in reproductive health programming. They are aiming to change the narrative on how we define, understand, and use knowledge by highlighting indigenous young leaders who are shifting norms and driving change in their communities. By doing this, SEGEI hopes to address the “knowledge to action” gap, strengthen the use of information for FP programs, and prevent wasting of resources.